(AllHipHop News) The annual Summer Jam concert is the biggest event of the year for New York City radio station Hot 97. While many were celebrating the showcase of rap stars on Sunday, one Hip Hop legend was criticizing the station for its negative affect on the culture in his opinion.
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D sent out a tweet on June 2nd stating that Hot 97 has a made a “sloppy fiasco” of Hip Hop culture. The post including the hashtag #culturalCrime.
The look on my face after I heard what a sloppy fiasco @hot97 in NYC has made of HipHop. #culturalCrimepic.twitter.com/wn2FhHToHa
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 2, 2014
I played SummerJam09 & immediately was turned off by the host who said’Here go the ngAS that brought the revolution to rap’,i was like smdh.
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
Chuck D criticized the station as a whole, but he went on to defend on-air personality DJ Funkmaster Flex. He also addressed The Morning Show host Peter Rosenberg’s role at Hot 97 and got into an exchange with the channel’s former program director and This Is Hot 97 reality show star Ebro Darden.
.@funkflex does his job.However the rest at @HOT97 is like JohnnyCash on that tractor when his father asked’this is how you treat your sht? — Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 2, 2014
It’s not @Rosenbergradio fault, trapped in a slave corp system that doesn’t 1. Support black businesses&art locally while using black faces
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
2. Totally overlooks the blueprint of a culture bred in the same city, 3. Women are minimalized. @Rosenbergradio is simply watch the stable — Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
,,@Rosenbergradio he tries but in reality @HOT97 is a CORPlantation slaveship across a USA fleet in every city.his job is to be biz overseer
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
The AIR is powerful and it is FREE to obtain.@Rosenbergradio inherited a platform that used what the black NYC community created,fact RLTK — Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
@oldmanebro no I’m of a different belief.Im of burning the place down & takeover. But as a realist USA & NYC law protects this PIG treatment
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
@oldmanebro Those words clearly would be free.
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) June 3, 2014
Chuck D is not the first Hip Hop artist to criticize Hot 97 and Ebro Darden. Last year fellow New York emcee Buckshot called Darden an “Uncle Tom” and claimed he “f**ked up” NYC Hip Hop.
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